When the legend becomes fact...print the legend. That is the summation of the life of Marion "Duke" Morrison, or as we all knew him -- John Wayne. Good read if you are a fan, however as most biography's it gives a description (warts and all) that might take away from the "legend" shine in your eyes. Not the first book or writings I have read about John Wayne. I don't find this one to be the definitive text regarding his life -- and I doubt it will be the last. My suggestion is to watch some of his films and form your own opinion on his body of film work -- which is what made him special. I love westerns and adore John Wayne. I grew up with old movies and specially western. For me John Wayne was greatest of them all, imbodiment of pioneer, frontier sherif, with John Ford in combination, they made cult, classic movies I prefare watching even today before blockbusters.This book is one of the best biography, memoairs I red, with great combination of facts about movies and personal life of John Wayne. There are so many things I didn't know about him, so interesting and when you read about him and watching the movies it's a great difference between those two men. Wayne actor and Wayne the man. One of my favorite movise is The Searcherers...and many more.I recomend this biography to read and to have fun.
Do You like book John Wayne: The Life And Legend (2014)?
A lot of background information I did not know; I felt the book was disorganszedv"
—astroangle
If your are a "John Wayne," fan it's a must read!
—xobabox
